Observations: The QandO Podcast

Trump takes the Russian issue straight back at Obama. We see the results of 10 years of Republican thinking about Obamacare. The clock is ticking on economic reform. If you think getting rid of government entitlements is hard, wait until you ask people to pay for them. Leftists think that Nazi-punching--then running away--is perfectly acceptable. They keep poking the bear...but bear poking can be dangerous. People do stupid things on YouTube. Baseball is the only truly American game.

Steve Bannon says the Trump Administration's primary policies are Economic Nationalism and the Deconstruction of the Administrative state. Are those reconcilable? And what do they mean? Tax the robots, because they are gonna put us all out of work. Who's crazier over Trump, the Left or the Movement Conservatives? The 4th Circuit overturned Heller. Trump Trolls the press like a boss. Russian jokes.

The Trump Press Conference sent the media into a tizzy, whereupon the AP Printed a negative story on Trump that immediately turned out to be untrue. The Media are nothing more than partisan cheerleaders. Americans just love them some opium. They'd like more jobs, too. An attempt at a lengthy discussion of monetary policy was brutally crushed. We can't seem to do big things in this country any more, especially infrastructure projects. Mainly, the Federal government is why. Why is nationalism such a dirty word among the elites? Mainly because they don't have to live with the consequences. Elites never do.

The 9th Circuit ruled that Donald Trump's Immigration ban was anti-Muslim. Fortunately, it's the 9th Circuit, so nothing they say matters. Betsy DeVos is now the Secretary of education, a job that shouldn't even be a thing. On the bright side, our education system sucks so badly, she can't possibly make it worse. Will Donald Trump grow in office? Is Mike Flynn a bad government servant? Our national divorce approaches. Jeff Sessions, our new Attorney General, hates the drugs, but he loves civil asset forteiture.

Everything is a crisis, and everything is unprecedented in the new Trump Administration. Apparently, political violence is perfectly OK. Hate speech is not free speech. Sarah Silverman called for a military coup. Really, the two political sides in this country don't like each other much.

Tanned, rested, and ready, Bruce McQuain rejoins the podcast. The first week of the Trump Administration is now over. We still can't really believe that he's actually the president, but he is, and he spent much of the week undoing the Obama Administration's legacy. The Left is still in full mental derangement over this. We're about to find out if it's possible for a US president to take on the news media and win. Education in this country sucks. Oh, and Bruce is back on the podcast!

Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States today. SJWs screamed in anguish, and prepared themselves to be carted off to camps. Normal people went about their lives. Now we're about to find out what Trump's actual policies will be, other than the big wall that Mexico will pay for, and things becoming generally, you know, great again. Hyperpartisanship is not just polluting our politics, but our culture and science, as well. The class of rulers that have governed us since the end of WWII are facing increasingly skeptical publics not only here, but in Europe as well.

What is Donald Trump's attraction to Russia, aside from the entertainment options available from Russian sex workers? The press, led by Buzzfeed, beclowned themselves this week. Maybe it's time to stop simply complaining about media bias on the Right, and start treating the press like political enemies. Trump seems to perceive China as our real geopolitical opponent. Also, let's discuss everything you never wanted to know about military procurement.

2017 has arrived, and we're back for another year! Has any President-Elect ever wielded influence like Trump, before taking office? The Seal of the Speaker of the House is apparently a Nazi symbol. Obama now has Romney's 2012 foreign policy, and Trump has Obama's 2012 foreign policy when it comes to Russia. Julian Assange is now our friend, Sean Hannity says. The Yahoo! Finance headline was supposed to say "BIGGER navy". "Bigger." Who is Evan McMullin? Who cares? If you're worried about Russian hacking, maybe don't use "password" as your password.

The Trump cabinet shapes up, consisting mainly of cabinet officers that dislike the departments they'll be heading. Except for Jim Mattis, of course. CHY-nah seems to be in the Trump Administration's crosshairs. Nazis are no longer allowed to sell pistachios. Vladimir Putin keeps playing hacking games with the elections in Western democracies. Also, Russians are racist and misogynist, but at least we get hot, mail-order brides out of it. We go into holiday hiatus, but will be back with the podcast in January. Also, Dale celebrate 8 days of being smoke-free.